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† ˈnight-wake Obs.
[f. night n. + wake n. Cf. MDu. nachtwake (Du. -waak), G. nachtwache, ON. náttvaka.]
The action or fact of keeping awake, or watching, during the night; an instance of this; a wake or feast held at night.
a1000Seafarer 7 (Grein) Þær mec oft biᵹeat nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan. 1483Cath. Angl. 255/1 Nighte wakes, vigelie, excubie. 1521Knaresb. Wills (Surtees) I. 13 For nyght wakes and hedemasse pennys viij d. 1587Golding De Mornay xxi. (1592) 328 Their shamefull night-wakes and mysteries celebrated in the darke. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 137 A tyrannical Prince, killed by his Satrapaes and Noblemen at that feast or drunken night-wake.
Hence ˈnight-waker; ˈnight-waking ppl. a.
1483Cath. Angl. 255/1 A Nighte waker, noctivagus. 1593Shakes. Lucr. 554 Yet, fowle night-waking Cat, he doth but dallie, While in his hold-fast foot the weak mouse panteth. |